lupine
noun
- any of a genus (Lupinus) of plants of the pea family, with palmately compound leaves, racemes of white, rose, yellow, or blue flowers, and pods containing beanlike seeds: used for forage, green manure, etc.
- the seed of the European lupine (Lupinus albus) used in some parts of Europe as food
adjective
- of a wolf or wolves
- wolflike; fierce; ravenous
See lupine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also lu·pin (lo͞oˈpən)
noun Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus in the pea family, having palmately compound leaves and variously colored flowers grouped in spikes or racemes.
(lo͞oˈpīnˌ)
adjective- Characteristic of or resembling a wolf.
- Rapacious; ravenous.
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